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A Berlin fan festival clip circulated online suggesting Final Fantasy 17 could be in development with Yoshi-P (Naoki Yoshida) and Naoki Hamaguchi involved, potentially directing FF17 alongside FF7 Rebirth/ Revelation, but no official confirmation has been made.
Former Disney CEO Michael Eisner says he can’t remember why he green-lit the Kingdom Hearts pitch, a memory jogged by talk of its Tokyo pitch. Sega Japan executives warned the project might not clear Disney HQ, but after meetings with U.S. leadership it was approved, helping launch a long-running franchise that now has KH4 on the horizon, even as related projects like Kingdom Hearts: Missing-Link were cancelled.
Former Disney CEO Michael Eisner says he doesn’t remember why he greenlit Square Enix’s Disney/Final Fantasy crossover Kingdom Hearts, telling a press conference he can’t recall the rationale behind approving the game—leaving the pitch’s purpose a mystery even as the franchise persists.
A leaked opening cinematic from the canceled Kingdom Hearts Missing-Link suggests future KH4 connections, including possible ties to Quadratum and appearances by characters like Sigurd and Brain, prompting fans to theorize how Missing-Link’s story could be folded into KH4 even though the mobile game was never released.
Footage of the cancelled Kingdom Hearts Missing-Link has appeared online, showing a mobile game's cinematic intro with astronaut-like characters and Heartless; the project began in 2022 and would have linked KH Union X and Dark Road, but Square Enix scrapped it last year as focus shifted to Kingdom Hearts 4.
Square Enix released a new trailer for Final Fantasy Resonance, an HD-2D offline RPG based on the first arc of Final Fantasy Brave Exvius, and opened pre-orders for Switch and Switch 2 digital editions. The game will launch on October 22 for Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Windows via Steam and the Microsoft Store. The story follows Rain and Lasswell as they investigate the Earth Shrine in Grandshelt and confront Veritas of the Dark to protect scattered Crystals, with a Collector’s Edition including an artbook, soundtrack, and trading card promo, plus English and Japanese audio and a notable voice cast.
GameSpot's Final Fantasy: Resonance trailer imagines a world where FF7's bold 3D leap never happened, shifting focus from franchise crossovers to the Brave Exvius core cast (Rain, Lasswell, Fina, Lid, Nichol, Jake) as they protect Crystals from the Sworn Eight of Paladia; the HD-2D title arrives Oct 22 on PC and consoles, with Switch upgrade paths a noted caveat.
Star Ocean: The Second Story R is now available on Nintendo Switch 2 via the eShop, expected to offer higher resolution; there is no Switch-to-Switch 2 upgrade path and save data won’t be compatible with the original version. The remake keeps the 2.5D aesthetic and adds new battle mechanics, full Japanese and English voice acting, a rearranged soundtrack by Motoi Sakuraba, new illustrations, expanded item creation, and multiple difficulty modes.
Disney is hosting a Deep Dive into Kingdom Hearts at D23 on August 15 to celebrate KH’s 25th anniversary, with creative leads and voice actors in attendance; fans are hopeful for KH4 updates or a trailer, though no KH4 release window has been announced yet.
Kotaku reports that Square Enix is selling Switch 2 editions of Octopath Traveler 1 and 2 as visual upgrades with no free upgrade path, meaning owners of the original Switch versions would likely pay full price for the enhanced editions (around $60). Save data won’t transfer between versions, and upgrade policies vary across titles, prompting fan frustration ahead of an October 1 release. Physical or digital copies will be available, but there’s no free upgrade option to the Switch 2 versions.
Square Enix released native Nintendo Switch 2 versions of Octopath Traveler and Octopath Traveler 2, launching as digital downloads today after an anniversary livestream. The releases are expected to mirror the existing content with a resolution upgrade, and come after both titles were previously playable on Switch 2 via backward compatibility. The games retain HD-2D visuals, feature eight travelers with unique Path Actions, and use the series’ turn-based combat and job development systems.
Two years after Final Fantasy VII Rebirth's release, a rogue glitched Chocobo still follows players and even appears in cutscenes, a bug Square Enix hasn’t patched. The quirk has circulated on social media and fan forums since 2024, becoming a running joke as the trilogy heads toward Revelation.
Square Enix announced Final Fantasy VII Ever Crisis will end service for both Japanese and global versions on October 6 at 11:00 p.m. PDT (October 7, 2:00 a.m. EDT), with in-game Red Crystal currency sales already halted. The chapter-structured mobile game launched on iOS/Android in September 2023 and arrived on PC via Steam in December 2023, covering the FFVII timeline across the compilation. FFVII Rebirth released on PS5 in February 2024, expanded to PC in January 2025, and is followed by Switch 2 in June; its final entry FFVII Revelation is planned for next spring.
Square Enix announced that Final Fantasy VII Ever Crisis will end service on Oct. 6, 2026 at 11:00 PM PDT across PC (Steam), iOS, and Android. Purchases will stop, unused paid currency refunds are available only to Taiwan residents, and account data will be deleted after all procedures. Players should keep the app and their device intact until refunds are processed.
Square Enix announced Final Fantasy VII: Ever Crisis, the mobile gacha that expanded FFVII lore across the series, will shut down on October 6, 2026 due to production costs outpacing demand for character weapons and gear. The team will add a final content batch—re-running events and a concluding story chapter—before servers go dark. Ever Crisis launched in 2023 on mobile and PC and included new backstories and even alternate-universe storylines; this isn’t the first FFVII mobile title to close, as The First Soldier ended in 2023 after a 2021 launch.